Roll film camera with combined shutter arming and film transp-porting mechanism



2,464,790 ARMING J. BoLsEY March 22, 1949.

ROLL FILM CAMERA WITH COMBINED SHUTTER AND FILMTRANSPORTING MECHANISM 3Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Aug. 10, 1944 INVENTOR.

March 22, 1949. BQLSEY ROLL FILM CAMERA WITH COMBINED SHUTTER ARMING ANDFILM TRANSPORTING MECHANISM 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Aug. 10, 1944 27 24 Il T D g r I j 3 I9 13 20 is I? I; I] 18 3 lllllllllllllllllllllll/llIlI|llllllI -ll\\\ Illllllllllllllll I N VEN TOR.

March 22, 1949. J BOLSEY 2,464,790

ROLL FILM CAMERA WITH COMBINED SHUTTER ARMING AND FILM TRANSPORTINGMECHANISM Filed Aug. 10, 1944 V 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 INVENTOR.

Patented Mar. 22, 1949 ROLL FILM CAMERA WITH COMBINED SHUTTER ARMING ANDFILM TRANS- PORTING MECHANISM Jacques Bolsey, New York, N. Y.Application August 10, 1944, Serial No. 548,923

9 Claims.

My present invention relates to photographic cameras and moreparticularly to photographic cameras provided with lens mounts carryingnot only the camera lens but also the shutter mechanism.

It is an object of my present invention to combine a photographic cameraprovided with a slidable lens and shutter unit with operating means insuch a manner as to enable simultaneous arming of the shutter andtransportation of the film strip between consecutive exposures.

It is another object of my present invention to provide a camera withoperating means for simultaneously arming the shutter and moving thefilm which means are extremely simple in construction and easy tooperate.

t is a further object of my present invention to provide a camera withmechanical operating means for simultaneously arming a shutter combinedwith a slidable lens mount arranged in the front part of the camera,transporting a film strip along an exposure aperture in the rear part ofthe camera and actuating an exposure counting mechanism built into thecamera body.

It is still a further object of my present invention to provide incombination with my new operating arrangement a counter mechanism ofspecial type which is built partly into the camera cover and partly intothe camera body so as to automatically turn the counter into its initialposition Whenever the camera cover is opened.

With the above objects in view, my present invention mainly consists ofa camera comprising in combination a series of elements, namely:

A camera body;

A combined lens and shutter unit including a camera lens and a shuttermechanism, which unit is arranged in the front part of the camera bodyslidably in direction of the optical axis of the camera lens;

An exposure chamber arranged within the camera body behind the abovementioned slidable combined lens and shutter unit;

Aperture means including an exposure aperture arranged at the rear endof this exposure chamber in the focal plane of the camera lens normal tothe optical axis of the same;

Two film compartments for the unexposed and exposed rolls of filmarranged in the camera body on opposite sides of the above mentionedexposure chamber;

Film transporting means for moving the film past the aperture openingmentioned above from one of the film compartments into the other; and

finally Combined operating means for simultaneously arming the abovementioned shutter mechanism forming part of the slidable combined lensand shutter unit and operating the film transporting means alsomention-ed above in such a manner as to move the film-each time thesecombined operating means are actuated-a distance being slightly greaterthan the length of the aperture opening in direction of the filmmovement.

The film transporting means mentioned above preferably includes a filmtransporting sprocket engaging the film for moving the same past theaperture opening from one of the film compartments into the other.Furthermore, it is preferable to rotate not only this film transportingsprocket but also that film spool upon which the exposed film portion iswound up. Of course, in this case it is advisable to provide frictionmeans forming part of the means for rotating this film spool which areadapted to compensate for the variations of the diameter of the wound-upfilm roll during winding up of the same.

In accordance with a preferred embodiment of my present invention, thecombined operating means include a double-armed operating lever securedat its turning point to a turnably arranged actuating member formingpart of the film transporting mechanism and adapted to simultaneouslyturn the film transporting sprocket and the film spool upon which thefilm is wound up; this operating lever has two lever arms, one of whichserves for arming the shutter mechanism forming part of the slidablecombined lens and shutter unit mentioned above and the other arm ofwhich serves for turning and thereby actuating this double-armed lever;the pivotal attachment of this lever to the turnably arranged actuatingmember mentioned above serves for turning this actuating member, therebyrotating the film transporting sprocket and turning the take-up spoolupon which the exposed film portion is wound up. Thus, turning of thisdouble-armed lever at its one arm will result in simultaneous arming ofthe shutter and proper transportation and winding up of the film.

The novel features which I consider characteristic for my invention areset forth in particular in the appended claims. The invention itself,however, both as to its construction and its method of operation,together with additional objects and advantages thereof, will be bestunderstood from the following description of specific embodiments whenread in connection with the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a longitudinal section through 'a 3 camera according to mypresent invention, along line I---! of Fig. 2;

Figure 2 is a cross section through the camera shown in Fig. 1, alongline 2-2 of that figure;

Figure 3 is another cross section through the camera shown in Fig. 1,along line 3-3 of that figure;

Figure 4 is a rear view of the camera shown in Figs. 1 to 3, seen indirection of arrow 4. on Fig. 1, with the camera cover removed;

Figure 5 is a cross section through the camera shown in Fig. 2 alongline 55;

Figure 6 is a cross section through the camera shown in Fig. 2 alongline E6;

Figure 7 is a top view of the camera partly in section with parts of theview finder removed; and

Figures 8 and 9 are a cross section and a top View of the ratchetmechanism forming part of the film transporting arrangement.

My new camera is composed. of a camera body It] provided with a centralcamera chamber it which latter consists of a frontal part l2 which iscylindrical in shape and a rear part it having a substantiallyrectangular cross section.

The frontal cylindrical part E2 of the central camera chamber i l servesas guiding member for lens mount I 4 which latter carries the shuttermechanism l5 and lens l6. Lens mount it, shutter mechanism l5 and lensis are of usual con struction and type and will therefore not bedescribed in detail although for the sake of clarity the attacheddrawings show various details of these parts.

The rear part E3 of the central camera chamber II serves as exposurechamber and is provided around its rear edge ll with an aperture memberl8 secured to the camera body and ar ranged in such a manner that therear face it of this aperture member is located in the focal plane ofthe camera lens it normal to the optical axis of the camera.

On both sides of the central camera chamber II film compartments 2d arearranged; these compartments house the film magazine 2! from which thefilm 22 is unwound and the film spool 23 on which this film is wound up.These film compartments are, as clearly shown in Fig. 3, closed at theirtop by the dividing wall 25, but open at their bottom.

The dividing wall 2% forms at the top of the camera body a compartment25 housing the film transporting mechanism 2b. This film transportingmechanism is connected by means of small pinions 2'1! with sprocket '23arranged, as shown in Fig. 1, partly in the path of the film strip 22and thereby adapted to transport the same.

The film 22 is guided not only by the aperture surface it) of theaperture member it but also by the guiding rollers 29 and 353; theserollers are arranged in well-known way so as to guide the film on theone hand from the film magazine 2i to the exposure surface [9 and on theother hand from the film sprocket 28 to the film spool 23. The aperturemember it mentioned above has an extension 3! reaching between the teethof the sprocket 28; this extension 3i guides the film from the aperturemember is to the sprocket 23 and into proper engagement with the teethof this sprocket. Thus, it is evident that during movement of the filmfrom film magazine it to film spool 23 the same passes and is guidedalong the aperture surface is of the aperture member 4 it, ensuringproper distance of the film from lens it.

The camera cover 373 is, as shown in Fig. 2, L-shaped and covers notonly the rear face of the camera but also its bottom, thereby closingalso the open bottom ends of the film compartments 2E). The lockmechanism 33 engaging in a wellknown way a lock plate 34 forming part ofthe camera body is secured to the cover bottom, enabling light-tightclosing of the film compartments and the exposure chamber, wheneverrequired.

A pressure plate 35 is secured by means of a resilient spring 35 to theinner face of the camera cover 32 in such a manner as to press the film22 against the aperture surface I9 of the aperture member is duringexposure of the film. This pressure plate 35 forms part of the cameracover 32 and is removed together with the same when the cover is opened,thus enabling easy insertion of the film.

As mentioned above, the film 22 is transported by the film transportingsprocket 28 and wound up on the take-up spool 23. In accordance with mypresent invention, this film transporting sprocket is carried by shaft40 which simultaneously also carries pinion 21. This latter pinionengages pinion 42 arranged co-axially with pinion 5 and connected withthe same by a ratchet mechanism M shown in Figs. 8 and 9; this ratchetmechanism is constructed and arranged in such a manner that when pinion43 is turned in clockwise direction, indicated by arrow 45 in Fig. 5,.the ratchet mechanism will eiTect turning of pinion 52 in the samedirection, while during turning of pinion 43 in counterclockwisedirection pinion d2 will not be influenced by such movement but remainsat rest.

This pinion i3 is in mesh with gear sector 45 which is rotatably pivotedto shaft 41. Pinion 52 also engages pinion 48 which latter is arrangedco-axially with the take up spool 23 and connected with the same bywell-known friction means in such a manner as to turn the take-up spoolwhenever pinion 42 is rotated. These friction means, not shown in thedrawin in detail, will also have the effect of compensating forvariations in the diameter of the film roll wound up on spool 23.

Thus, it is evident that turning of gear sector ll in direction of arrow39 will result in simultaneous transportation of the film by the filmtransporting sprocket 28 turned by means of the pinions 2?, 512 and 53and the sprocket mechanism M, and Winding up of the exposed film portionon film spool 23 turned by means of pinions d2, d3, it, ratchetmechanism t4 and, the above mentioned friction means not shown in thedrawing in detail.

After each film transportation, the gear sector is returned into itsinitial position shown in Fig. 5 by means of spring 59, turning duringsuch return movement also pinion 23. Such turning movement of pinion Z3is however not transmitted by the ratchet mechanism 44 upon pinion t2and will thus have no effect upon pinions 21 and it and the sprocket 28and spool 23 respectively, actuated by these pinions.

In order to enable, as proposed above, simultaneous shutter arming andfilm transportation, the shutter mechanism l5 built into the lens mountit is provided with a shutter arming projection Ell engaged by the leverarm 52 of the double-armed actuating lever 53 pivoted to shaft 47 ofgear sector 46. The other lever arm 54 of the double-armed'lever 53 isprovided with button means 55 so as to enable operation of this lever bypushing the same in direction of arrow 56. The central part of the leveris covered by cover 51 of the View finder 58 arranged on top of thecamera body l and only the end portions of the two lever arms 52 and 54project through openings in the cover so as to be adapted on the onehand to actuate the shutter arming member and. on the other hand to bemanually actuated. The rigid connection of the double-armed lever 53with shaft 41 results in turning movement of gear sector 46 in directionof arrow 49 whenever button 55 at the end of lever arm 54 is turned indirection of arrow 56. Thus, such turning movement of button 55 willresult in simultaneous arming of the shutter, transportation of the filmand winding up of the transported film on the take-up spool.

As stated above, the lens mount [4 together with the shutter mechanisml5 and the shutter arming projection 5| is slidable in axial direction.The lever arm 52 of the double armed actuating lever 63 is long enoughto engage the shutter arming projection in any position of sliding ofthe lens mount l4 between its position shown in Fig. 2 in full lines andits position shown in the same figure in dotted lines.

In order to enable simultaneously with such shutter arming and filmtransportation the counting of the exposure, a countermechanism isprovided which consists of a toothed plate 60 turnably pivoted by meansof screw 6! to camera body l0 and provided with spring means 62 tendingto turn this toothed plate 60 in direction of arrow 63. An indicatingdial 64 partly shown in Fig. 6 is combined with this toothed plate andvisible through an aperture in the camera body so as to indicate theposition of this toothed plate and thereby to give an indication of thenumber of exposures made.

This toothed plate 60 is turned against action of spring 62 by theactuating lever 65 turnably secured by pivoting screw 66 to the gearsector 46 in such a manner as to turn the toothed plate 60 by one toothclockwise against direction of arrow 63 during each movement of the gearsector 46 in direction of arrow 49. In such turned position, the toothedplate 60 is held against action 01' spring 62 by the projecting member5? secured to the camera cover 32, as shown in Fig. 6.

It is evident that while the camera cover is closed, this countingmechanism will function, i. e. during each movement of gear sector E6the actuating lever 65 will turn the toothed indicating plate 60 by onetooth and the plate will be held in this turned poistion by theprojecting member 61 secured to camera cover 32; as soon as the cameracover is opened, the projecting member 6| will also be removed and thetoothed plate 60 will be free to turn under action of spring 62 indirection of arrow 63 into its initial position and thus be ready forthe next counting cycle.

The mechanism and arrangement described above is thus adapted not onlyto arm the shutter, transport the film and Wind the same up but also tocount the exposures made.

It will be understood that each of the elements described above, or twoor more together, may also find a useful application in other types ofphotographic cameras differing from the typesdescribed above.

While I have illustrated and described the invention as embodied inphotographic cameras provided with slidably combined lens and shutterunits, I do not intend to be limited to the details shown, since variousmodifications and structural changes may be made without departing inany way from the spirit of my invention.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A photographic camera comprising a camera body; a combined lens andshutter unit including a camera lens and a shutter mechanism, saidcombined lens and shutter unit being arranged in the front part of saidcamera body slidably in direction of the optical axis of said cameralens; a shutter arming member forming part of said shutter mechanism andincluded in said combined lens and shutter unit; an exposure chamberarranged within said camera body behind said slidable combined lens andshutter unit; aperture means including an exposure aperture arranged insaid camera body at the rear end of said exposure chamber in the focalplane of said camera lens normal to the optical axis of the same; filmcompartments for the unexposed and exposed rolls of film arranged insaid camera body on opposite sides of said exposure chamber; filmtransporting means for moving said film past said exposure aperture fromone of said film compartments into the other, said film transportingmeans including a turnably arranged actuating member; and a double-armedoperating lever fixed at its turning point to said turnably arrangedactuating member forming part of said film transporting mechanism; onelever arm of said double-armed lever directly engaging said shutterarming member forming part of said slidable combined lens and shutterunit in every possible position of sliding of the same, said fixing ofsaid double-armed operating lever to said turnably arranged actuatingmember enabling turning of said actuating member, by said doublearmedlever and said other lever arm of said double-armed lever serving forturning said double-armed lever, thereby simultaneously arming saidshutter mechanism forming part of said slidable combined lens andshutter unit and operating said film transporting means in such a manneras to move said film a distance being slightly greater than the lengthof said exposure aperture in direction of the film movement each timesaid combined operating means are actuated.

2. A photographic camera comprising a camera body; a combined lens andshutter unit including a camera lens and a shutter mechanism, saidcombined lens and shutter unit being arranged in the front part of saidcamera body slidably in direction of the optical axis of said cameralens; a shutter arming member forming part of said shutter mechanism andincluded in said combined lens and shutter unit; an exposure chamberarranged within said camera body behind said slidable combined lens andshutter unit; aperture means including an exposure aperture arranged insaid camera body at the rear end of said exposure chamber in the focalplane of said camera lens normal to the optical axis of the same; filmcompartments for the unexposed and exposed rolls of film arranged insaid camera body on opposite sides of said exposure chamber; filmtransporting means for moving said film past said exposure aperture fromone of said filmcompartments into the other, said film transportingmeans including a film transporting sprocket engaging said film formoving the same past said exposure aperture from. one of said film come;

Dartments into the other and a. turnably arranged actuating member forturning" said film transporting sprocket; and a double-armed operatinglever secured at its turning point to said turnably arranged actuatingmember forming part of said film transporting mechanism, one lever armof said double-armed lever directly engaging said shutter arming memberforming part of said slidable combined lens and shutter unit in everypossible sliding position of the same, said fixing of said double-armedoperating lever to said turnably arranged actuating member enablingturning of said actuating member andthe film transporting sprocketactuated by the same, and said other lever arm of said doublearmed leverserving for turning said doublearmed lever, thereby simultaneouslyarming said shutter mechanism forming part of said slidable combinedlens and shutter unit and operating said film transporting means in sucha manner as to move said film a distance being slightly greater than thelength of said exposure aperture in direction of the film movement eachtime said combined operating means are actuated.

3. A photographic camera comprising a camera body; a combined lens andshutter unit including a camera lens and a shutter mechanism, saidcombined lens and shutter unit being arranged in the front part of saidcamera body slidably in direction of the optical axis of said cameralens; a shutter arming member forming part of said shutter mechanism andincluded in said combined lens and shutter unit; an exposure chamberarranged within said camera body behind said slidable combined lens andshutter unit; aperture means including an exposure aperture arranged insaid camera body at the rear end of said exposure chamber in the focalplane of said camera lens normal to the optical axis of the same; filmcompartments for the spools carrying the unexposed and exposed portionsof the film arranged in said camera body on opposite sides of saidexposure chamber; film transporting means for moving said film past saidexposure.

aperture from the film spool carrying said unexposed film portion to thefilm spool carrying the exposed film portion, said film transportingmeans including a film transporting sprocket engaging said film formoving the same past said exposure aperture from said spool carrying theunexposed film portion to said spool carrying the exposed film portionand a turnably arranged actuating member for turning said filmtransporting sprocket; means for rotating said film spool carrying saidexposed film portion; and a double-armed lever secured at its turningpoint to said turnably arranged actuating member forming part of saidfilm transporting mechanism, one lever arm of said double-armed leverdirectly engaging said shutter arming member forming part of saidslidable combined lens and shutter unit during sliding of the same, saidfixing of said double-armed operating lever to said turnably arrangedactuating member serving forturning said actuating member and the filmtransporting sprocket and said rotating means, forsaid film spoolactuated by the same, and said other lever arm of said double-armedlever serving for turning said double-armed lever, therebysimultaneously arming said shutter mechanism forming part of saidslidable combined lens and shutter unit, operating said filmtransporting means in such a manner as to move said film a distancebeing slightly greater than the lenth of said exposure aperture indirection of the film movement each time said combined operating, meansare; actuated, and winding up the exposed filmvportion on said spool forsaid exposed film portion.

4. A photographic camera comprising a camera body; a combined lens andshutter unit including a camera lens and a shutter mechanism, saidcombined lens and shutter unit being arranged in, the front part of saidcamera body slidably in direction of the optical axis of said camera,lens; a shutter arming member forming part of said shutter mechanism andincluded in said combinedlensand shutter unit; an exposure chamberarranged within said camera body behind, said slidable, combined lensand shutter unit; aperture means'including an exposure aperture arrangedin said camera body at the rear end of said exposure. chamber inthe-focal plane of said camera lens normal to the optical axis of thesame; film compartments for the unexposed and exposed rolls, of, filmarranged in said camera body on, op positesides of said exposurechamber; film transporting means for moving said film past said exposureaperture from one of said film compartr ments into the other, said filmtransporting;

means'including a film transporting sprocket engaging said film formoving the same past said exposure aperture from one of said filmcompartments into the other and a turnably arranged actuating member forturning said film transporting sprocket; means for rotating said filmspool carrying said exposed film portion; friction meansforming part ofsaid means for rotating said film spool and adapted to compensate forthe variations of the diameter of the wound-up. film roll during windingup of the same; and a double-armed lever secured at its turning point tosaid. turnably arranged actuating member forming part of said filmtransporting mechanism, one lever arm of said double-armed leverdirectly engaging said shutter arming member forming part of saidslidable combined lens and shutter unit during sliding of the same, saidpivotal attachment of said double-armed operating lever to said turnablyarranged actuating member serving for turning said actuating member andthe film transporting sprocket and said rotating means for said filmspool actuated by the same; and said other lever arm of said doublearmedlever serving for turning said doublearmed lever, thereby simultaneouslyarming said shutter mechanism forming part of said slidable combinedlens and shutter unit, operating said film transporting means in such amanner as to move said film a distance being slightly greater than thelength of said exposure aperture in direction of the film movement eachtime said combined operating means are actuated, and winding up theexposed film portion on said spool for said exposed film portion.

5. A photographic camera comprising a camera body; a slidable combinedlens and shutter unit including a slidable camera lens and a slidableshutter mechanism, said slidable combined lens and shutter unit beingarranged in the front part of said camera body slidably in direction ofthe optical axis of said camera lens; a shutter arming member formingpart of said shutter mechanism and included in said combined lens andshutter unit; an exposure chamber arranged Within said camera bodybehind said slidable combined lens and shutter unit; aperture meansincluding an exposure aperture arranged in said camera" body at the rearend of said exposure chamber in the focal plane of said slidable;

camera lens normal to the optical axis of the same; film compartmentsfor the unexposed and exposed rolls of film arranged in said camera bodyon opposite sides of said exposure chamber; film transporting means formoving said film past said exposure aperture from one of said filmcompartments into the other, said film transporting means including aturnably arranged gear sector; a double-armed operating lever secured atits turning point to said turnably arranged gear sector forming part ofsaid film transporting mechanism, one lever arm of said double-armedlever directly engaging said shutter arming member forming part of saidslidable combined lens and shutter unit, said firm attachment of saiddouble-armed operating lever to said turnably arranged gear sectorserving for turning said gear sector, and said other lever arm of saiddouble-armed lever serving for turning said double-armed lever, therebysimultaneously arming said shutter mechanism forming part of saidslidable combined lens and shutter unit and operating said filmtransporting means in such a manner as to move said film a distancebeing slightly greater than the length of said exposure aperture indirection of the film movement each time said combined operating meansare actuated.

6. A photographic camera comprising a camera body; a slidable combinedlens and shutter unit including a slidable camera lens and a slidableshutter mechanism, said slidable combined lens and shutter unit beingarranged in the front part of said camera body slidably in direction ofthe optical axis of said camera lens; a shutter arming member formingpart of said shutter mechanism and included in said combined lens andshutter unit; an exposure chamber arranged within said camera bodybehind said slidable combined lens and shutter unit; aperture meansincluding an exposure aperture arranged in said camera body at the rearend of said exposure chamber in the focal plane of said slidable cameralens normal to the optical axis of the same; film compartments for thespools carrying the unexposed and exposed portions of the film arrangedin said camera body on opposite sides of said exposure chamber; filmtransporting means for moving said film past said exposure aperture fromthe film spool carrying said unexposed film portion to the film spoolcarrying the exposed film portion, said film transporting meansincluding a film transporting sprocket engaging said film for moving thesame past said exposure aperture from said spool carrying the unexposedfilm portion to said spool carrying the exposed film portion and aturnably arranged gear sector for turning said film transportingsprocket; means for rotating said film spool carrying said exposed filmportion; and a double-armed lever firmly secured at its turning point tosaid turnably arranged gear sector forming part of said filmtransporting mechanism, one lever arm of said double-armed leverdirectly engaging said shutter arming member forming part of saidslidable combined lens and shutter unit during sliding of the same, saidfirm fixing of said double-armed operating lever to said turnablyarranged gear sector serving for turning said gear sector and the filmtransporting sprocket and said rotating means for said film spoolactuated by the same, and said other lever arm of said double-armedlever serving for turning said double-armed lever, therebysimultaneously arming said shutter mechanism forming part of saidslidable combined lens and shutter unit, operating said filmtransporting means in such a manner as to move said film a distancebeing slightly greater than the length of said exposure aperture indirection of the film movement each time said combined operating meansare actuated, and winding up the exposed film portion on said spool forsaid exposed film portion.

'7. In a photographic camera of the type claimed in claim 1, a countermechanism actuated by said double-armed actuating lever combinedoperating means, said counter mechanism being partly secured to saidcamera body and partly to the camera cover in such a manner as toautomatically return to its initial position whenever the camera coveris opened.

8. In combination with a photographic camera of the type claimed inclaim 1, spring means for returning said double-armed actuating leverinto its initial position each time it has been manually actuated.

9. In combination with a photographic camera of the type claimed inclaim 2, ratchet means provided in the connection between said turnablyarranged actuating member and said film transporting sprocket so as toenable turning of said sprocket in direction of movement of said filmonly, and spring means for returning said doublearmed actuating leverinto its initial position without any influence on said -filmtransporting sprocket each time said double-armed actuating lever hasbeen manually actuated.

JACQUES BOLSEY.

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